ambient Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite completely enveloping
    • the ambient air
    • ambient sound
    • the ambient temperature

WordNet

Am"bi*ent adjective
Etymology
L. ambiens, p. pr. of ambire to go around; amb- + ire to go.
Definitions
  1. Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing. "Ambient air." Milton. "Ambient clouds." Pope.
Am"bi*ent noun
Definitions
  1. Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient. Sir H. Wotton.

Webster 1913